ScholarlyStats

Overview

ScholarlyStats provides information professionals with indispensable tools to thoroughly analyze usage of their online content. Libraries are evolving rapidly due to the availability of online material and remote access by users, and so the need for an organized system to monitor, maintain and support the analysis of usage statistics is both necessary and required.

ScholarlyStats enables libraries to outsource the administration of their usage statistics, freeing librarians to spend more time analyzing usage and less time administrating it.

The ScholarlyStats portal provides a single point of access for vendor usage statistics. Reports are generated monthly from the collection of the statistical data and are easily accessible to library staff through its user-friendly interface. This portal provides librarians with access to their latest vendor usage statistics in order to help:

measure the cost effectiveness of online content purchases
explore usage at institutions
understand and analyze trends in user behavior identify training issues
make budgeting decisions based upon real usage
demonstrate the value that online access provides to readers

In-depth analysis of usage statistics is a new area of exploration for many libraries, and ScholarlyStats enables them to make informed operational decisions based on vital usage data.

How ScholarlyStats works

The value of usage statistics has never been greater. Libraries have access to increasing volumes of statistics, providing valuable insights and helping to inform decision making. However, compiling and interpreting the statistics from multiple vendors can be time-consuming and frustrating.

The ScholarlyStats portal has been developed to provide information professionals with a single point of access for all of their vendor usage statistics. ScholarlyStats enables librarians to use their time analyzing, rather than administering their usage statistics.

MPS collects and consolidates the journal and database usage statistics that are provided each month to libraries by their vendors. We process this information to standardize formats, and deliver a suite of reports to the library’s ScholarlyStats portal.

ScholarlyStats reports include a set of Consolidated Reports which show use across vendors, based on the standards outlined by the COUNTER code of practice. In addition, and to enhance analysis of usage trends, we also deliver a suite of graphically enhanced Dashboard Reports.

ScholarlyStats integration

Upon request, MPS can transfer ScholarlyStats reports into other library systems, including ERM systems. To automate this data transfer we follow the industry-standard SUSHI protocol. For more information, please visit the ScholarlyStats Web site. Please contact your OCLC representative for a full list of integration partners.

Consolidation

View and analyze usage statistics in one consolidated report. ScholarlyStats consolidates the key usage statistics reports, to provide a new view of your statistics across vendors and platforms in a standardized and easy-to-view format:

Journal Report 1—full-text article requests
Database Report 1—searches and sessions by database
Database Report 2—turnaways
Database Report 3—searches and sessions by service

Dashboard analysis

Analyze trends in usage statistics at a glance with the ScholarlyStats Dashboard Reports. Our growing suite of dashboard reports feature easy to view graphs, and include:

Total use by platform
Average use by platform
cumulative trends of use
Top use journals
Zero use journals

Collection

Find all vendor usage data in one place. MPS collects all raw vendor source reports and makes these available in a standardized CSV format in the ScholarlyStats portal.

Administration

Available for "Library Administrator" ScholarlyStats users to pull together usage statistics administrative information on the ScholarlyStats portal. Assemble and administer all platform access details that provide access to your usage statistics in one place.

Access for your library staff

Provide your library staff with access to your usage statistics. With ScholarlyStats you remain in control of who has access to your statistics. You can create additional user accounts for your library colleagues, either as read-only users, or as additional library administrators.

Help us develop ScholarlyStats

Tell us what you want as your usage statistics requirements develop. ScholarlyStats provides a responsive service to its customers. The ScholarlyStats portal allows you to suggest new reports and tools that will help your usage analysis.

About MPS

MPS Technologies Ltd (MPS) offers state of the art technology-driven publishing related products and services to publishers and librarians.

MPS Technologies is a subsidiary company of Macmillan India Ltd, a provider of publishing related services since 1893. MPS works closely with the library community to develop a service that fulfils the demands for a clearer view of usage statistics.